Senior Central Estimator

Job Description

Job Summary

Advanced skills in activities related to job procurement and construction, including quantity survey skills, cost and price estimating, and sales marketing. Effective with organizational skills, coordination with other departments, branch relations, participation with industry associations, and promote a spirit of teamwork and success. Effective planner and facilitator of pre-bid and/or post bid processes.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Quantity Survey/Estimating:

• Extensive knowledge of On-Screen Take-off and Quick Bid estimating software.
• Advanced take-off organization and consistency.
• Acceptable speed and accuracy of take-offs.
• Implement checking methods for thoroughness.
• Thorough knowledge of production rates and how these vary by job type.
• Thorough knowledge of material costs and variations caused by time constraints.
• Well versed in drywall specific and industry related construction specifications.
• Developed ability to cost and price non-standard construction details.
• Excels at managing time and abilities to avoid "mad scrambles".
• Develop and understand job specific comprehensive scopes of work.
• Develop, improve, and maintain cross training with the various scopes of work performed by MBS.
• Advanced ability to recap projects (pulling job together).

Sales/Marketing:

• Develop and maintain ongoing branch communications.
• Initiate, build, and maintain new branch relationships.
• Develop and maintain a sense of reliability of your work with others.
• Support corporate goal "Customer is Number One."
• Possesses the skills necessary to offer Value Engineering concepts.
• Secures and understand post bid tabs.
• Be available for pre and post bid support by whatever means necessary.
• Follows up on pending bid projects.
• Keeps track of future work and can develop long-term strategies for improving Marek's odds of securing it.
• Initiate and maintain workload, as necessary.
• Stay in touch with market trends.

Job Qualifications

Personal Characteristics:

• Maintain and foster a positive attitude concerning your job and our company with both customers and your fellow employees.
• When interacting with others initiate and promote teamwork concepts.
• Develop, improve, and maintain communication skills with others.
• Develop and promote effective systems of priorities and time management.
• Utilize time appropriately to avoid "mad scrambles".
• Develop and initiate improvements to company business methods and practices.
• Support, by your presence and actions, company sponsored activities both within our company and with professional trade organizations.

Skills:

• 4 years experience in commercial drywall estimating.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products specifically Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Proficiency with reading construction plans, specifications, and vendor product data information.
• Familiarity with construction project delivery methods and practices.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Able to work a varied schedule to complete projects and meet deadlines in response to changing demands.
• Able to work in fast paced environment with high daily pressure to meet deadlines.
• Able to perform work indoors in an office environment, regardless of whether cubicle, open office or private office.
• Able to travel to branch offices and construction jobsites.
• Able to communicate verbally, in a clear manner.
• Able to hear oral communication either in person or on equipment such as telephone or mobile phone.
• Able to operate a personal computer, either desktop or laptop, for extended periods of time creating, composing and reviewing documents and spreadsheets.
• Able to operate office equipment, including telephone, mobile phone, fax machine, scanner and calculator.
• Able to access and navigate construction jobsites periodically. This can include climbing stairs and/or ladders.

Direct reports

This position has no direct reports.

*We are an Equal Opportunity Employer*